FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship

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FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship
Tournament information
LocationBattle Creek, Michigan
Established2015
Course(s)Battle Creek Golf Club
Par72
Length6,598 yards (6,033 m)
Tour(s)Epson Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fund$200,000
Month playedJune
Current champion
China Liu Siyun

The FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship is a tournament on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It has been a part of the tour's schedule since 2014.[1]

It is held at Battle Creek Golf Club in Battle Creek, Michigan, designed by Scottish golf course architect Willie Park Jr. in 1919.[2]

Title sponsor is the FireKeepers Casino Hotel, owned and operated by the local Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi.

Winners[edit]

Year Date Winner Country Score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2023 Jun 11 Liu Siyun  China 206 (−10) 1 stroke New Zealand Amelia Garvey 200,000 30,000
2022 Jul 31 Yin Xiaowen  China 203 (−13) Playoff United States Gina Kim 200,000 30,000
2021 Aug 8 Fernanda Lira  Mexico 197 (−19) 6 strokes Germany Isi Gabsa
United States Daniela Iacobelli
United States Sophia Schubert
United States Lilia Vu
175,000 26,250
2020 Jul 26 Ruixin Liu  China 203 (−13) 2 strokes United States Bailey Tardy 175,000 26,250
2019 Aug 18 Ssu-Chia Cheng  Chinese Taipei 203 (−13) 2 strokes Paraguay Milagros Chavez
South Africa Paula Reto
125,000 18,750
2018 Aug 19 Marta Sanz Barrio  Spain 213 (−3) 1 stroke Canada Augusta James 100,000 15,000
2017 Jul 30 Erynne Lee  United States 204 (−12) 2 strokes Thailand Benyapa Niphatsophon 100,000 15,000
2016 Jul 24 Laura Gonzalez Escallon  Belgium 129 (−15) 6 strokes United States Ally McDonald 100,000 15,000
2015 Jun 7 Madeleine Sheils  United States 206 (−10) 2 strokes United States Lindy Duncan
United States Katelyn Sepmoree
100,000 15,000
2014 Jun 8 Min Seo Kwak  South Korea 204 (−12) 3 strokes United States Daniela Iacobelli 100,000 15,000

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship". Symetra Tour. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Michigan golfers excited to be back in the state to play in FireKeepers". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

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